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Ashik Siddique
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Military & Security
There are 127,586,000 households total in the U.S., according to the most recent Census. The cost of wind power for the average US household for one year is $581.28 as of 2018, and the cost for solar electiricty is $623.92. 127.59 million households × $581.28 (Cost per Household with Wind Power...
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
This week, Frances Crowe, the lifelong peace and anti-nuclear activist (among other causes), passed away. She was 100 years old, and she estimated that she’d been arrested for civil disobedience at least 100 times.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
In July, lawmakers voted along bipartisan lines to pass a budget deal (now also Trump-approved) that will fund the federal government for the next two years, and help the United States avoid a potentially catastrophic default on its debt for the same period. But the deal didn’t come cheap: it came at the price of an astoundingly high, $738 billion military budget.
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Robert Artiga-Valencia
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Military & Security
$121.1 billion. That’s how much more money the United States spends on its military than 144 other countries combined.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
On Friday the House of Representatives voted 220-197 to approve a military budget of $733 billion through the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By
Huzaifa Shahbaz
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Military & Security
There are plenty of other issues at stake with FY 2020’s National Defense Authorization Act, beyond just how enormous the military’s budget will be.
By
Ashik Siddique
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Military & Security
This 4th of July, President Trump is flaunting some of the Pentagon's deepest money pits on the National Mall.
By
Huzaifa Shahbaz
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
This year's military spending is shaping up to be sky-high—the Senate's NDAA bill just approved the President's topline Pentagon budget of $750 billion for Fiscal Year 2020.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
Ten candidates answered questions on a range of topics from five moderators at the first Democratic presidential debate last night. Here's what the candidates and moderators didn't say, but should have.
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Robert Artiga-Valencia
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Military & Security
New research on the DoD's carbon emissions shows how the US military itself is a force driving climate chaos.